After months of financial troubles, charter school locks doors without warning

Imagine going to drop your kid off at school, only to find it's shut down.

Thursday, December 6th 2018, 6:22 PM EST by Amelia Fabiano

Imagine going to drop your kid off at school, only to find it's shut down.

That's exactly what happened to parents of students at Unity Charter School in Cape Coral Thursday. They said they were met with locked doors, chained gates, and no answers from management with the K-8 school.

A sign on the front door said it would be closed for repairs Thursday and will reopen Friday. Court documents reveal it could soon close its doors for good.

A Lee County court ruled at the end of last month that the school is under foreclosure and will officially go up for auction on December 26.

Stonegate Bank first sued the school as the property's mortgage holder back in July 2017. Documents show the school owed more than $2.9 million.

NBC2 reached out to the school, its principal, its education management company's CEO, and its Board of Directors president, but none of them responded. Some of the phone numbers given did not seem to be in service.

Board of Directors meeting minutes showed the school knew about financial struggles as far back as December 2017.